This show is the eighth in a series of archive recordings to be officially released and made available for download at live.brucespringsteen.net. The recording was mixed by Toby Scott at Stone Hill Studio in October 2015. It is available for download in various formats including 24 bit 96kHz high definition FLAC, MP3, and DSD. Following criticism of the sound quality it was announced that the show would be remixed and reposted once complete. The remixed version was available on December 18th, 2015. Those that bought the original mix can download the new mix for free. Released on CD as ‘Serenade To Rome’ (Godfather). Pro-shot video of “New York City Serenade” is posted to Youtube in November 2013.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band perform at the Rock In Roma Festival. Opening act are The Cyborgs, an Italian electro-blues twosome. Bruce starts singing opening song “Spirit In The Night“ while he is still off stage. “Roulette“ and “Lucky Town“ remain in the set, and the request section includes “Summertime Blues“ and “Stand On It“. The intro to “She’s The One“ includes both “Mona” and “Not Fade Away”. First “Kitty’s Back“ in Europe since Belfast in 2007 and the first in Italy since 2003 in Florence. “Incident On 57th Street“ and “Rosalita (Come Out Tonight)“ follow, before the tour premiere of “New York City Serenade“, performed with a string section of seven violins from the Roma Sinfonietta. Tonight is only the second time since 1975 that the four Wild & Innocent songs have been played in the same set. It’s understood that Springsteen intended to play the entire Wild & Innocent album, but after the sign section he elected to only play four tracks of the seven. Once again the finale is a solo acoustic “Thunder Road“, first ever performance in Italy of “Roulette”. Patti Scialfa is not present.Recorded by John Cooper July 11th, 2013 Rome, Italy on the Wrecking Ball Tour, Mixed to DSD by Toby Scott from 24 bit / 48 kHz multitracks at Stone Hill Studio, October 2015.
Bruce Springsteen & The E Street Band hits the Rock in Roma Festival in Rome, Italy
Bruce Springsteen returns to Rome as part of the festival ‘Rock in Rome’. It ‘a return to full house but also one of the many stages of the “Wrecking Ball World Tour” of 2013 that in 63 years, the singer from New Jersey does not get tired of carrying around the world. Accompanying him on stage, the inseparable E street band include eleven elements are enhanced where Jake Clemons’s saxophone and keyboards Charles Giordano.
The Fat Angel Sings 